It is said to have been raised at Hanwell, a place near Banbury, in Oxfordshire.
166. HARGREAVE’S GREEN-SWEET.—H.
Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, and two inches and a half high; oblato-cylindrical, angular on the sides, with prominent ridges round the eye. Skin, yellow, tinged with green, on the shaded side; but deeper yellow tinged with green, and marked with a few faint streaks of red next the sun, and strewed all over with small russety dots. Eye, half open, with linear segments, placed in a deep and angular basin, which is surrounded with ridges formed by the termination of the costal angles. Stalk, three quarters of an inch long, slender, and inserted in a deep, round cavity, which is lined with rough russet. Flesh, yellowish, tender, juicy, sweet, and perfumed.
A good dessert apple but lacks acidity; it is in use during September and October.
About Lancaster this is a well-known apple. The original tree, which is of great age, is still standing in the nursery of John Hargreave and Sons, hence it is called Hargreave’s Green-Sweet.
167. HARVEY APPLE.—Park.
- Identification.—[Park. Par.] 587. [Aust. Orch.] 54. [Worl. Vin.] 159. [Raii Hist.] ii. 1448. [Switz. Fr. Gard.] 138. [Lind. Guide], 72.
- Synonyme.—Doctor Harvey, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 208.
Fruit, large, three inches wide, and about the same high; ovate, and somewhat angular. Skin, greenish-yellow, dotted with green and white specks, and marked with ramifications of russet about the apex. Eye, small, very slightly depressed, and surrounded with several prominent plaits. Stalk, short and slender, inserted in an uneven and deep cavity. Flesh, white, firm, crisp, juicy, pleasantly acid, and perfumed.
A culinary apple of first-rate quality, well-known and extensively cultivated in Norfolk; it is in use from October to January.
The tree is large, hardy, and a great bearer.